Pump ordered and shipped

So finally ABC got their act together and added me onto my 'husband''s plan. FINALLY. Animas got every settled and made the order for my pump!!!

SOOOO Tomorrow I will receive by Purolator Air: My brand spanking new Animas Ping (in Green). It comes with the Ping meter which communicates with the pump and can bolus wirelessly instead of having to pull out the pump to bolus everytime! Perfect for wearing dresses etc. YAY

I will also receive a box of cartridges and 3 boxes of sample inset II infusion sets (2 in each box) which will keep me going while I order more from the pharmacy! ALSO I will receive a THIGH-THING for freeeee from the nice Animas lady :)

I am BEYOND excited and the green will be perfect for me - according to my friend Alayna, I am artsy and green will be nice :)

I just hope everything goes well and my adjustment period to being on a pump isn't TOO long. Will post tomorrow with updates on how the pump looks! WOO

Pump SOON

Alright so I have an update!!

A couple weeks ago... well more than that.. I can't remember when exactly - I did a Animas 2020 saline pump trial. I LOVED it. I love Animas and I love its pump. I wore the pump for 1 week and while still on injections.. I enjoyed having the pump to try on, to wear like I was wearing one myself ... It was kinda dd though because I wasn't benifiting from the pumps functions with insulin involved.

Weird because it didn't come with a clip... so I had to stick it into pockets, AND I had to buy a cellphone case to stick it in....good thing with this was that it FITS in a cellphone case - which means its small enough to hide in a pocket and pretend like you don't have one on.

The pump I wore was silver and I didn't mind having it attached to me - although I would definitely have to get used to that. It was odd having to get dressed while having a tube attached to my side.. peeing and other things too.

When I get my pump - it will come with a clip -THANK GOD so I will be able to clip it to my pants, to my skirts and to my underwear as I need to.

So after the trial... I decided that I 100% wanted an Animas pump and wasn't taking no for an answer.. so I called them and got the paperwork started.

I sent the papers to them, they contacted Empire Life and got them to send me a quote for MY insurance.. What we needed to do now was to get me on Martin's HR plan and added to his Alberta Blue Cross (ABC) plan.

So we sent the paperwork to the HR dept. and waiting for them to get back to us with follow-up....it seems like all of this went smoothly but ALAS it never does.. ABC fucked around and took control of everything and made us feel like small fish in a sea of others.

Finally today we got a call back from HR that I was added - PHEW. Tomorrow I will have a conference call with Animas and ABC and they will ship me my BRAND NEW Animas Ping! in GREEN!

Side note - ANIMAS PING CAME OUT IN CANADA 4 weeks ago! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

SO excited.... it will make this SO much easier.

Anyway.. will come back and update soon!

Andree

Soon to be pumper!

It's been a while since I've written...mostly because I also keep a hand written journal.. so sometimes I feel redundant!

Lots of diabetes related things have happened in the 5 last months since my last post. I finally have found a team of diabetic nurses, educators and doctors who have explained to me the REAL way to manage diabetes. Why did it take so long???

I understand SO much better now. Wow.

Bottom line was:
I was over insulin-ing myself and it was causing some issues; hypoglycemia unawareness, uncontrolled highs and lows, ALL over the map BGs.

Of course diabetes is no where near close to a perfect science.. but understanding it helps alot. Now I can actually say that I know by how many mmol/L one unit of NovoRapid lowers my bloodsugar and also how much food hightens it.

It's truly fascinating understanding how the body works. OF COURSE, women have some outside sources coming in to stir the pot. Menstrual cycles throw evil things into the mix.. a week before my cycle I have high blood sugars and the DAY of, they drop ALOT. Hopefully one day I will be able to know exactly when it's coming and better control it.

SO FOR MY NEWS!!

I am prime candidate for the insulin pump.. and I am so happy about it.

On a pump, I'll be able to fine-tune my insulin needs and really keep my BGs at a steady level. The whole process of transferring to a pump is scary and complicated but I trust the team will be able to help me through the ups and downs of it all.

Pros to pumping:
Not having to eat if I don't feel like it
Better control
Fine tuning when doing physical activities
24hr/7ds insulin delivery controlled by ME
Less possibilities of complications relating to poor control

Cons to pumping:
DKA - from problems with pump or forgetting to attach pump
Diabetes being public to the world.

Overall.. the pros override the cons.. which is why I want one..I will be a much happier and controlled diabetic and I won't have to worry so much when i do things! I won't have to worry after I eat something what my BG will be.. will it be high? did I mis-calculate my bolus?? Do i have insulin on board?

The pump has the ability to let you know these things, AMAZING. Of course i will still have to test and probably more than I do with MDI but it's worth it... I already test 6-8 times daily.

I am just so excited and can't wait until it happens.

Wish me luck!
Andrée